72 mgb gt ford 5.0 swap

[89325iturbo]

Heres my build 72 mgb gt. Swapping in a ford 5.0. had to do quite a bit of clearencing on the firewall and front cross member ect. Built the headers, filled any not needed opening and removed brackets. Going for a smooth bay. Trying to get it low, but its really old school suspension.

[FunfGang]

This is going to be awesome

[BurningAlive409]

Ohgod yes. My father had a few of these a couple years back, and something like this has been my dream ever since. Definately watching this.

[aaron22]

wow that thing tucked nicely in there

[89325iturbo]

Yeah tried to get as low and as far back a possible, and theres still good clearence to the ground underneath. the oil pan sits above the crossmember, so it stays protected. Ive been working on it for about 6 months when i have the time, so about 5-6 hours a week. Im at the point were the engine is back out, and im gonna shape a little tunnel for the steering collum to come through.
Then the bay is gonna some more smoothing, some filler, sanded, and paint.
Then engine work. I have another engine the one in the pictures is for mock up. I have a 93 cobra engine which is gonna be carbed, and explorer heads with some tweaks. Going for about 300hp.

[89325iturbo]

What color should i go with? Throw out some options. I like cool vanillla on the newer cryslers. it kinda looks like a vintage color. I guess thats what i would like some sort of vintage style color. Also looking for maybe some old school jdm rims in 14"

[Byron]

You never mentioned it was a GT, I'm quite interested now

[89325iturbo]

Yeah it's a gt, that's why I like it. I'm not a big fan of the convertables.

[89325iturbo]

changed the steering rack to the back side of the crossmember, cause it was tight in the front. Then recut the shaft to length.

[89325iturbo]

Been a little while, havent had as much time to work on it as i like. But did paint the engine bay. Just a garage paint job so not perfect. Im trying to keep the bay as clean as possible so im gonna try to hide everything i can. luckly they didnt come with much to start. color is rescue dreen metallic.

[Anonymoose]

Nice colour! Looking forward to this, they've always reminded me of the z and I've wanted to see one low forever.

Try uploading your pictures to a host site so they show up without the clicking bit

[89325iturbo]

yeah there kinda of like mini z cars.

[FunfGang]

Bay looks great, this is going to be a beast when its finished!

[89325iturbo]

Yeah I'm able to make more progress over the summer, as I'll have a little extra time.

[Mike G]

Impressive.